The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death is the fourth album by English rock group The Scaramanga Six. Background The Dance of Death was the second of the Scaramanga Six's albums to be produced by Tim Smith of Cardiacs. It was also the only studio album to feature multi-instrumentalist Chris Catalyst as part of the line-up, as well as drummer Anthony Sargeant. In a 2004 interview before the album sessions, Paul Morricone noted the increasing macabre tone in the band's songcraft - "The new material for the next album seems to be themed with violent murder. There’s a new song about a man who kills his victims with cyanide then performs a macabre dance with their corpses. There’s also a beautiful song based on John Fowles' The Collector which is all about a man who stalks, kidnaps, imprisons and eventually kills his ideal woman… If you want to see a macabre pantomime, try watching Cannon & Ball doing the winter season at Blackpool – it's like watching death. What we do is often called 'black humour' – do you laugh or do you shit your pants?"